PRE-PRAYERING|My father would end discussions, (we were not allowed arguments), with this picturesque thought, "When I get done, you'll be singing a different tune." We were not aware that we had been singing any tune, but ...

A PONDERING||The closest we get to true freedom is trusting God and that is the closest we get to doing or living God's "will". Having trust in something or especially somebody is a quite selfless act. Trusting can be the ...

PRE-PRAYERING||We show our appreciation for musical and dramatic renditions by enthusiastic applause which can go on just a certain length of time. Who decides when the applause should begin to die down and cease? We all ...

PRE-PRAYERING|The English poet, John Milton, once wrote in his poem on blindness that those serve who only stand and wait. Waiting is a way of relating. Lack of patience can spice up the serving for sure. Hopkins, the ...

PRE-PRAYERING|We have a little phrase about our meeting a person by chance, "We bumped into so-and-so today." Sometimes we actually do bump into strangers in a crowd, or we bump our heads and even bump into another car, ...

A PONDERING||Intimacy is truly intimacy when fruitfulness of some kind is intended and desired.|An intimate conversation is more than the exchange of good ideas and then a separation as if two billiard balls bumped into ...

PRE-PRAYERING|When I was a young and very pious, our days were compartmentalized, that is, they began and ended by bells. There was this huge old swinging bell that woke us all up, (including God), at five in the morning. ...

PRE-PRAYERING||It takes a degree of humility to be surprised. Those who suffer from insecurity and fear are attracted to the familiar and arranged. Being surprised can make us appear, at least to ourselves, silly or ...

PRE-PRAYERING | We are always trying to position ourselves to be in a posture of receptivity. We are, by nature, also human-doers and we do follow Adam and Eve by earning our bread by the sweat of our brows. During these ...

|Two weeks from tomorrow, here in the United States, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving Day. It was originally a day of giving thanks to God for the abundance of God's goodness for giving the land and fruitfulness to our ...